Pulse Camera Control1.17.5 - App Store

This is the smartphone control app for Pulse.

Pulse is a device that attaches to your Canon or Nikon DSLR and allows you to wirelessly take photos, videos and time-lapses from your phone or tablet and get instant feedback. With Pulse you get complete creative control all while staying free to use your phone or tablet.

From the mountains to the studio Pulse handles everything from your biggest projects to impromptu street photography. With its small size and intuitive features, you'll never want to leave it behind.

Pulse Features :
-Wirelessly control ISO, shutter speed and aperture from up to 100 feet
-Receive image thumbnails and histograms within seconds
-Take 'Holy Grail' timelapses with exposure ramping
-Control up to 3 Pulses at once
-Free up WiFi and Internet as Pulse uses Bluetooth and BLE
-Extend your session with 24 hours of battery (USB rechargeable)

Version History Improvements for SE Phones
Submit a Bug feature fixed
Found a bug in Exposure Ramping
Updated Exposure, Bulb and ISO Ramping
Updated to support the latest versions of iOS 1.17.5 Aug 4 Fixes a bug where the Camera Settings icon went to the Advanced Time Lapse Menu 1.16.3 12/05/2025 Version 1.16.2 addresses a white box header issue. 1.16.2 11/18/2025 Updated for latest versions of iOS.

Bluetooth Classic improvements.

Added the ability to save thumbnails. 1.16.1 09/09/2025 - Saved thumbnail & photobooth photos into your phone. 1.15.1 12/20/2022 - Fixed : HDR issue fixed.
- Fixed : Tearing issue fixed. 1.13.9 09/06/2022 - New Feature : HDR Time Lapse
- Improved reliability
- Fixed : Firmware update issue 1.13.8 08/06/2022 - Improved Bluetooth reliability
- ISO Ramp
- Bulb Ramp
- Unbalanced HDR (Beta)
- Multi-camera (Beta) 1.13.7 03/28/2022 - Fixed the Submit a Bug issue.
- Updated app to work on the latest OS version. 1.13.4 10/12/2020 - Updated app to work on the latest OS version.
- Fixed the Submit a Bug issue. 1.13.3 10/04/2020 Fixed the Submit a Bug issue 1.13.2 08/26/2020 1. Added Long Exposure Time Lapse
2. Fixed firmware update issues
3. Fix HDR Page issue
4. Fix Photo booth Page issue 1.13.1 07/31/2020 1. Added Long Exposure Time Lapse
2. Fixed firmware update issues 1.13.0 07/25/2020 Support iOS 12.4 and later. 1.12.0 03/29/2020 Fixed an issue with showing Pulse in the Devices page 1.10 03/05/2018 Addressed some thumbnail issues that have appeared in the most recent iOS update. 1.9 02/14/2018 A small update :
Fixed the ISO array values over 6400 for Canons
Fixed the presets loading issue 1.8 07/17/2017 - Fixed an issue where Canon camera settings sometimes did not sync properly on startup
- Fixed an issue where sometimes a Pulse could connect but the app thought no device was selected
- Fixed an issue where the thumbnail toggle was sometimes on incorrectly
- Fixed the "S" on the bulb mode page, which would sometimes sit below the numbers 1.7 05/15/2017 We fixed a bug that arose where sometimes aperture settings could not update (Whoops). 1.6.1 03/20/2017 Small UI and stability fixes
You can now command multiple pulses to take photos and start videos at the same time. 1.6 03/15/2017 Preset Views
Preloaded preset views
Fix for bad rendering on large devices
Fix for Long Exposure mode when coming back from background mode
iPhone 4 UI fixes
Smarter about requesting thumbs during a timelapse
Close the keyboard when the return/done button is pressed
HDR fixes for not stepping correctly
Debug mode is always on
D4 is allowed to do bulb mode
Improvements to Camera settings support
Histogram not getting the correct cam settings
Fix for nikons not handling mode change correctly
Various Assortment of bug fixes and UI tweaks 1.4 01/31/2017 Side menu white screen fix once and for all
App notifies when new app is available
Exposure ramp UI changes
Nicer looking side menu ui
BLE connection improvements.
Rename your pulse screen on the Welcome flow
Updates to the camera compatibility list (added more cameras, etc..)
Fix for the image review toggle (it was toggling to off when it should not). 1.3.0 12/15/2016 Refetches camera settings on camera mode change.
Smarter and Faster HDR
Resolves state when reopening app during active Video and Long Exposures.
More items to help with connection issues.
General UI and bug improvements 1.2.5 11/29/2016 Please note, there is also a new Firmware (V1.17). Which we highly recommend you update your Pulse to from the "About" Page in Settings.

Fix for connection Pulse issues (major fix for iPhone 7's)
Fix for Blink LED not turning off
Side Menu UI updates
Side Menu UI Active Timelapse animation in side menu
Thumbnails - preserve aspect ratio on thumbnail display
Fix for propagating the nickname on save
Long Exposure UI updates
Side menu fix for it displaying all white on some devices
Ability to change your Pulse LED brightness
Fix for pulse crashing when fetching a thumbnail in video mode
Exposure ramp UI improvements
Fix for the thumbnail toggle not showing connected when we connect on first time
And so much more! 1.2.0 11/03/2016 Fix for iOS10 - store information about the Pulse device properly.
Fix for iOS10 - rescan for pulse when pulse is disconnected.
Fix for iOS10 - keyboard stickiness issue.
Nicer looking connection modal.
Exposure ramping fixes.
Providing the user feedback on the current camera mode.
General bug and ui fixes/improvements. 1.0.6 10/04/2016